代わる (かわる)to succeed; to relieve; to replace

to succeed; to relieve; to replaceGodan verb with 'ru' ending, intransitive verb
to take the place of; to substitute for; to take over forGodan verb with 'ru' ending, intransitive verb
to be exchanged; to change (places with); to switchGodan verb with 'ru' ending, intransitive verb

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Kanji in 代わる

代Substitute; Change; ConvertRead with its kun'yomi here · JLPT N4

Words that share its kanji

代表だいひょうrepresentative; representation
時代じだいperiod; epoch
世代せだいgeneration; the world
現代げんだいnowadays; modern era
交代こうたいalternation; change
代わりかわりsubstitute; replacement
代理だいりrepresentation; agency
近代きんだいpresent day; modern times

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